It is 10 am in the morning and a Sunday. I am having my breakfast and while reading the newspaper I hear an old song (this is the song Soniye Hiriye Teri Yaad Aandi Hai) playing in the kitchen. Suddenly I start getting goosebumps and all those memories and feelings start flushing in my mind around the time of the song it was released or was popular/relevant or it could be time around when I had heard the song for the first time or thereafter on frequent basis. Actually when a song is released or gains mainstream popularity, that is the time it is played most of the times and in most of the places. During those times of life, that song gets etched in the mind with the feelings you were going through at that time, the events of your life among so many other things. The same thing I have noticed about infrequent smells or unique smells. They bring back memories and emotions of the time you have felt them the most.
Maybe this connection with music and songs like I experience is not that common among people or maybe I am the only one with whom this happens, but it is quite fascinating to see my body responding to such stimulus in that strong a way. Or is it because this song of today morning that I am writing about for instance, is one of those times that I was in the realms of my initial butterfly-in-the-stomach days (😀 I leave on you to guess what's the obvious days of one's life I am referring to😃). Or it could also be due to the nature of the song and it lyrics being absolutely in sync with the period of life that I was going through at that time.
But no matter what, it's really strong with all the goosebumps and moist eyes. And this has happened with me many a times with so many of the other songs. This behaviour is not just limited to old times songs or songs of your childhood or teenage. It happens even now when you hear a song that you may or may not have heard recently or a new release, and the song has moving lyrics with melodic/haunting music/tune or is in perfect jibe with the theme of the song. You relate to the song such strongly and the same thing happens. You feel pain in the chest, body shudders upon the thoughts of the song's lyrics.
This human body is truly marvellous. It never ceases to amaze with its styles of functioning and prowess or the fact that we have a brain that contemplates, appreciates and even gets surprised by it's own existence and functioning.
This human body is truly marvellous. It never ceases to amaze with its styles of functioning and prowess or the fact that we have a brain that contemplates, appreciates and even gets surprised by it's own existence and functioning.
12/15/2019 11:28:00 am
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